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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

June 22, 2006Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2006, 4:02 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2006, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2006, 4:26 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2006-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2006-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 222102
TORGLD
KSC109-222200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0021.060622T2102Z-060622T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
402 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
  LOGAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLEY...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AT 420 PM CDT
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AT 440 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE AT HOME...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF POSSIBLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3905 10106 3898 10115 3871 10118 3872 10076

$$

MCGUIRE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 222126
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
326 PM MDT THU JUN 22 2006

KSC109-222136-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060622T2200Z/
LOGAN KS-
426 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS ENDED...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY 
WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT CONTINUES 
TO WEAKEN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3905 10106 3898 10115 3871 10118 3872 10076

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita22 min
Jun 22, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman46 min
Jun 22, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas53 min
Jun 22, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham58 min
Jun 22, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan63 min
Jun 22, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace24 min
Jun 22, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove41 min
Jun 22, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace57 min
Jun 22, 4:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove3 hr
Jun 22, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley42 min
Jun 22, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita23 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.